Toolkit for Consultations with Children as Part of the 2023 Global Refugee Forum Process

From the 13th to 15th December 2023, the second Global Refugee Forum (GRF) will bring together governments, people with lived experience – including children and youth and adults who are working with refugee children – international organisations, civil society, and the private sector to share experiences, identify best practices, and strengthen the international response to refugee situations, delivering on the commitments of the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR).

The GRF is held every 4 years and is organised by UNHCR. The GRF provides an opportunity for participants to assess and demonstrate progress made in fulfilling previously made pledges since the last GRF and make new joint pledges to support refugees. (See Appendix B for information about the GRF in child-friendly language.)

The Initiative for Child Rights in the Global Compacts (The Initiative)’s vision is that children are at the centre of the entire GRF process and the implementation of the GCR. The Initiative is a group of organisations working for and with children, including Save the Children, Terre des Hommes, UNICEF, Plan International, World Vision, International Rescue Committee, the Office of the UN Special Representative on Violence Against Children, UNHCR, and many others. The Initiative is working hard to ensure that children and child rights are a central part of the GRF.